Anything to make you smile
When I first heard Band of Horses I didn’t really get into them. Then I heard that tey formed from remains of Carissa’s Wierd and though that I have to, since Song About Leaving is such a magnificent album. So I borrowed Band Of Horses‘ Everything all the time from my good friend and fell in love with the first song, the guitar melody is so catchy, it’s brilliant, it alone justifies the whole album, but then I got the album for myself as a vinyl, and learned to love the rest of the album too, eventhough the first song is clearly the HIT for me.
Then their second album Cease to Begin came out, and for some reason I didn’t catch it. Maybe I read some review or something, I don’t know why, but I didn’t get it, or hear it at all. Then in the beginning of summer I was visiting my friend again and asked what he thinks about the Cease to Begin, He said is ok, so I got it from him. And I fell Totally in love with No one’s gonna Love You, it’s so sad, and so beautiful and so great, this time it’s not the guitar, just, it’s the whole chord loop and the melody, in the verse, Chorus is ok, but the whole thing is in the verse, and then the words:
“Anything to make you smile
You are the ever-living ghost of what once was
I never want to hear you say
That you’d be better off
Or you liked it that way”
Such a greatness, and still after the summer and even though I got this album also on vinyl, I can’t get pass this song, I only listen to this one, maybe at some point I can actually listen the whole album, but not yet.
So I want to share this Gem with you, who ever you are, and hopefully that will get you to buy both albums, and also to look into Carissa’s Wierd, eventhough it’s totally different.
Band Of Horses – No one’s Gonna Love You
